skippy-xd

[asqwerth]

It already includes the same exact /etc/xdg/skippy-xd.rc file that is in the MX-17/18 package.

Oops. It could be that I got impatient and installed skippy in my MX19 install by pasting it directly (probably copied it from Manjaro or Solus) into /usr/bin wihout waiting for your package to be ready.

Regardless, it looks like in the move from gtk2 XFCE to gtk3 XFCE, the default settings in the rc file that worked with XFCE 4.12 in MX17/18 don't give the nicest results in MX19's XFCE 4.14.

The rc file's default is for the line "background =" to be blank.

In MX17/18 that gives you the windows overview set against the current wallpaper on the desktop.

In MX19, if background is not defined, you get a visual of the ACTUAL desktop, meaning you see the wallpaper PLUS all the opened windows on it. It makes the windows overview hard to see clearly because the smaller windows of the overview are set against the confusing background that includes the actual windows themselves.

[catalinux]

In MX17/18 that gives you the windows overview set against the current wallpaper on the desktop.

In MX19, if background is not defined, you get a visual of the ACTUAL desktop, meaning you see the wallpaper PLUS all the opened windows on it. It makes the windows overview hard to see clearly because the smaller windows of the overview are set against the confusing background that includes the actual windows themselves.

I noticed the value of "background" and I thought it was actually ok to leave it like that. So it seems that because of the new XFCE version I have to set a background there, right?

[asqwerth]

I think so, but am not 100% certain. Am currently booted into another distro.

You can test it yourself in MX19 by leaving "background=" blank in said rc file, and then setting a colour value. I think there will be a difference.

Skippy-xd hasn't been officially maintained for quite a few years now, but is still kept working in MX's and Manjaro's repos (the 2 that I know of; there may be others perhaps).

[asqwerth]

Update:

I am booted into my Manjaro install that has both XFCE and Budgie desktop.

Without the "background=" line being filled, the skippy overview still works nicely in Budgie (ie without the actual windows being displayed in the background) but in XFCE on the same Manjaro install, the windows show up in the background.

So it looks like it's something that changed in XFCE in the move from 4.12 to 4.14.